# What Jeffrey Epstein Taught Peter Thiel and Steve Bannon w/ Branko Marcetic | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nation-podcasts-980506/what-jeffrey-epstein-taught-peter-thiel-and-steve-bannon-w-branko-marcetic-the-time-of-monsters-with-jeet-heer Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nation-podcasts-980506/what-jeffrey-epstein-taught-peter-thiel-and-steve-bannon-w-branko-marcetic-the-time-of-monsters-with-jeet-heer.md Podcast: [The Nation Podcasts](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nation-podcasts-980506) Published: 2026-05-10T10:55:15+00:00 Episode link: https://redcircle.com/shows/de5dbe33-63b3-4d3e-a545-07791baa168c/episodes/7bce6295-bdc9-4241-afaa-b252edc41eec Audio file: https://audio4.redcircle.com/episodes/7bce6295-bdc9-4241-afaa-b252edc41eec/stream.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-nation-podcasts-980506/episodes/what-jeffrey-epstein-taught-peter-thiel-and-steve-bannon-w-branko-marcetic-the-time-of-monsters-with-jeet-heer Duration seconds: 2289 ## Resource The late Jeffrey Epstein was friends with all sorts of elite figures in the US and many other countries. This extensive network is now sometimes described as β€œthe Epstein class.” The question is, was this class held together merely by the opportunistic trading of favors or did it have a coherent worldview and agenda? Branko Marcetic has written a series of articles in Jacobin that clarify this issue by looking at relationships Epstein had with the billionaire Peter Thiel and the political operative Steve Bannon . Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-nation-podcasts-980506/episodes/what-jeffrey-epstein-taught-peter-thiel-and-steve-bannon-w-branko-marcetic-the-time-of-monsters-with-jeet-heer/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nation-podcasts-980506/what-jeffrey-epstein-taught-peter-thiel-and-steve-bannon-w-branko-marcetic-the-time-of-monsters-with-jeet-heer.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.